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Badminton at the Olympics

Women's singles
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad

Venue

Georgia State University Gymnasium

Date

24 July – 1 August 1996

Competitors

48 from 31 nations

Medalists

		Bang Soo-hyun	South Korea
		Mia Audina	Indonesia
		Susi Susanti	Indonesia

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Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Singles	men	women
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Women’s singles badminton event at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 24 July to 1 August 1996. The tournament was single-elimination. Matches consisted of three sets. The tournament was held at the Georgia State University Gymnasium.

Seeds

Ye Zhaoying (CHN) (quarterfinals)
Susi Susanti (INA) (bronze medalist)
Camilla Martin (DEN) (quarterfinals)
Bang Soo-hyun (KOR) (gold medalist)
Mia Audina (INA) (silver medalist)
Han Jingna (CHN) (quarterfinals)
Kim Ji-hyun (KOR) (fourth place)
Yao Yan (CHN) (quarterfinals)

Draw

Finals

	Quarterfinals							Semifinals							Finals

	1	Ye Zhaoying (CHN)	5	11

	5/8	Kim Ji-hyun (KOR)	11	12
								5/8	Kim Ji-hyun (KOR)	6	11	1

								5/8	Mia Audina (INA)	11	9	11
	3	Camilla Martin (DEN)	6	11	5

	5/8	Mia Audina (INA)	11	8	11
															5/8	Mia Audina (INA)	6	7

															4	Bang Soo-hyun (KOR)	11	11
	5/8	Yao Yan (CHN)	3	2

	4	Bang Soo-hyun (KOR)	11	11
								4	Bang Soo-hyun (KOR)	11	11				Bronze-medal match

								2	Susi Susanti (INA)	9	8
	5/8	Han Jingna (CHN)	11	4	8										5/8	Kim Ji-hyun (KOR)	4	1

	2	Susi Susanti (INA)	3	11	11										2	Susi Susanti (INA)	11	11

Section 1

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

								1	Ye Zhaoying (CHN)	11	11
									Chan Chia Fong (MAS)	4	1
															1	Ye Zhaoying (CHN)	11	11
		Margit Borg (SWE)	11	11												Margit Borg (SWE)	4	4
		Neli Nedjalkova (BUL)	6	4					Margit Borg (SWE)	11	7	11
		Elsa Nielsen (ISL)	1	2					Somharuthai Jaroensiri (THA)	3	11	5
		Somharuthai Jaroensiri (THA)	11	11																		1	Ye Zhaoying (CHN)
																						5/8	Kim Ji-hyun (KOR)
								5/8	Kim Ji-hyun (KOR)	11	11
									Sandra Dimbour (FRA)	2	3
															5/8	Kim Ji-hyun (KOR)	11	11
		Marie-Josephe Jean-Pierre (MRI)	2	1												Hisako Mizui (JPN)	4	0
		Hisako Mizui (JPN)	11	11					Hisako Mizui (JPN)	11	11
		Elena Rybkhina (RUS)	11	12					Elena Rybkhina (RUS)	1	8
		Joanne Muggeridge (GBR)	6	11

Section 2

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

								3	Camilla Martin (DEN)	11	11
									Rhona Robertson (NZL)	2	2
															3	Camilla Martin (DEN)	12	11
		Ra Kyung-min (KOR)	6	7												Huang Chia-Chi (TPE)	11	9
		Huang Chia-Chi (TPE)	11	11					Huang Chia-Chi (TPE)	9	11	11
		Denyse Julien (CAN)	11	11					Denyse Julien (CAN)	11	5	1
		Debra O’Connor (TRI)	3	0																		3	Camilla Martin (DEN)
																						5/8	Mia Audina (INA)
								5/8	Mia Audina (INA)	11	11
									Christine Magnusson (SWE)	6	1
															5/8	Mia Audina (INA)	11	4	12
		Yang Song (AUS)	1	5												Kelly Morgan (GBR)	2	11	9
		Kelly Morgan (GBR)	11	11					Kelly Morgan (GBR)	12	0	11
		Zarinah Abdullah (SIN)	11	11					Zarinah Abdullah (SIN)	9	11	3
		Elena Nosdran (UKR)	3	0

Section 3

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

		Anne Sondergaard (DEN)
		Diana Koleva (BUL)	w/o						Anne Sondergaard (DEN)	1	3
		Yuliani Sentoso (INA)	6	11	15				Yuliani Sentoso (INA)	11	11
		Vlada Tcherniavskaya (BLR)	11	3	1											Yuliani Sentoso (INA)	6	5
															5/8	Yao Yan (CHN)	11	11
									Marina Yakusheva (RUS)	4	4
								5/8	Yao Yan (CHN)	15	15
																						5/8	Yao Yan (CHN)
		Martine de Souza (MRI)	7	11	3																	4	Bang Soo-hyun (KOR)
		Santi Wibowo (SUI)	11	7	11				Santi Wibowo (SUI)	4	6
		Yasuko Mizui (JPN)	11	8	11				Yasuko Mizui (JPN)	11	11
		Lisa Campbell (AUS)	0	11	7											Yasuko Mizui (JPN)	2	3
															4	Bang Soo-hyun (KOR)	11	11
									Obigeli Olorunsola (NGR)	0	0
								4	Bang Soo-hyun (KOR)	11	11

Section 4

	First round							Second round							Third round							Quarterfinals

		Erika von Heiland (USA)	2	6
		Jeng Shwu-Zen (TPE)	11	11					Jeng Shwu-Zen (TPE)	5	0
		Pornsawan Plungwech (THA)	11	4	11				Pornsawan Plungwech (THA)	11	11
		Catrine Bengtsson (SWE)	4	11	6											Pornsawan Plungwech (THA)	3	6
															5/8	Han Jingna (CHN)	11	11
									Andrea Odor (HUN)	0	1
								5/8	Han Jingna (CHN)	11	11
																						5/8	Han Jingna (CHN)
		Anne Gibson (GBR)	6	6																		4	Susi Susanti (INA)
		P.V.V. Lakshmi (IND)	11	11					P.V.V. Lakshmi (IND)	5	6
		Katarzyna Krasowska (POL)	11	11					Katarzyna Krasowska (POL)	11	11
		Amparo Lim (PHI)	6	5												Katarzyna Krasowska (POL)	4	0
															2	Susi Susanti (INA)	11	11
									Doris Piche (CAN)	1	3
								2	Susi Susanti (INA)	11	11

References

"Badminton at the 1996 Summer Olympics: Singles, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 May 2020.

Sources

The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games Volume Three ˗ The Competition Results (PDF). p. 111.

v t e Olympic badminton women's singles champions
Demonstration	1972: Noriko Nakayama (JPN)
Exhibition	1988: Hwang Hye-young (KOR)
Official	1992: Susi Susanti (INA) 1996: Bang Soo-hyun (KOR) 2000: Gong Zhichao (CHN) 2004: Zhang Ning (CHN) 2008: Zhang Ning (CHN) 2012: Li Xuerui (CHN) 2016: Carolina Marín (ESP) 2020: Chen Yufei (CHN) 2024: An Se-young (KOR)